Why aren’t people asking for Mitt Romney’s birth certificate?
Because he’s a white guy and everyone in the nation knew his mother and father. President Barack Obama is a Black man with a funny name and a father from another country.
So no Mitt, nobody cares about your birth certificate, but that’s not a testament to your authenticity as an American, it’s a testament to the fact that Americans are still deeply xenophobic, if not downright racist. And you bringing it up like you did is a testament of the degree to which you will exploit any stupid prejudice this nation is hanging onto for your own gain.
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I believe American Airlines is bankrupt. Still flies, though.
Problem with GM is that what got it into trouble didn’t get fixed. It’s still in trouble. Going to get worse.
And, eventually, as Margaret Thatcher sort of observed, you run out of other people’s money with which to bail out the UAW.
And then GM goes bankrupt.
See the wages at the auto companies not going bankrupt. Not sure they’re just a buck or two over minimum wage. Difference is…those jobs are likely stable, not depending on getting money from non-car buyers–which can run out–to support them.
I think Mitt’s idea of letting GM go through a “managed bankruptcy” was a good idea. The lawyers and deal-makers would have made bank. The stock-holders, workers, businesses, state and local governments would have lost big. Hey, if we want to shrink government, I think the best way to do that would be to destroy the tax base. Mitt could have helped with this deal. Look-up “Ampad”. Hey, they got at least 100 million out from putting in 5 million in and put about 500 people out of work. Mitt and Bane did come-up-with “Staples” though. A place that pays… Read more »
Forgot to mention. Somebody asked for a cert that Obama is “American”–adjective, and didn’t worry about “American”–noun. Seems to be more than a hint that O filed as a foreign student at one of his college gigs. Either he was lying and defrauded the government of the subsidy for foreign students. Or he was telling the truth. Presuming the premise is correct, what have we here? In his author bio provided to his literary agent, he promoted himself as Kenyan-born. That went on for fifteen years. Not hard to see why some might wonder. Me, given his hanging with domestic… Read more »
Nobody’s going to ask for Allan West’s BC. Don’t have to.
Mitt: No one is asking to see my birth certificate.
Barack: No one is asking to see my tax returns.